Programmable photonic switch modes

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method for providing a white box transponder (132). The method includes a step of receiving the plurality of user inputs (104) from an orchestrator (102) at a programmable photonic switch mode system (108). The method includes another step of receiving the real-time data from an optical line system (122). The method includes yet another step of computing a run-time mode of operation based on the plurality of user inputs (104), the real-time data from the optical line system (122), a complete path computation information, and the network dimensioning data with facilitation of the programmable photonic switch mode application (110). The complete path computation information is received from a path computation engine (120). The method includes yet another step of sending the computed run-time mode of operation to the white box transponder (132) for dynamically configuring the white box transponder (132).

We claim: 
     
         1 . A programmable photonic switch mode system ( 108 ) for providing real-time dynamic configurations at a white box transponder ( 132 ), the programmable photonic switch mode system ( 108 ) comprising:
 a programmable photonic switch mode application ( 110 ), wherein the programmable photonic switch mode application ( 110 ) receives a plurality of user inputs ( 104 ) from an orchestrator ( 102 ); and   wherein the programmable photonic switch mode system ( 108 ) receives real-time data from an optical line system ( 122 ), wherein the programmable photonic switch mode system ( 108 ) is associated with an SDN controller, wherein the programmable photonic switch mode system ( 108 ) performs computation of run-time mode of operation.   
     
     
         2 . The programmable photonic switch mode system ( 108 ) as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein at least one of:
 an SDN controller ( 116 ) comprising a yang store ( 118 ) and a path computation engine ( 120 ), wherein the path computation engine ( 120 ) provides a complete path computation information to the programmable photonic switch mode system ( 108 ),   the programmable photonic switch mode system ( 108 ) comprising a network dimensioning application ( 114 ), wherein the network dimensioning application ( 114 ) provides a network dimensioning data to the programmable photonic switch mode system ( 108 ), wherein the network dimensioning data corresponds to link design, BW planning, Lambda planning,   wherein the programmable photonic switch mode system ( 108 ) computes the run-time mode of operation based on one or more of: the plurality of user inputs ( 104 ), real-time data received from the optical line system ( 122 ), the complete path computation information, and the network dimensioning data.   
     
     
         3 . The programmable photonic switch mode system ( 108 ) as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein at least one of:
 the programmable photonic switch mode system ( 108 ) sends the computed run time mode of operation to the white box transponder ( 132 ) for dynamically configuring the white box transponder ( 132 ),   the programmable photonic switch mode system ( 108 ) auto-tunes the white box transponder ( 132 ) with one or more device parameters, wherein the one or more device parameters comprising channel bandwidth, channel spacing, channel lambda information, channel modulation, channel power, and forward error correction (FEC) configuration, wherein the one or more device parameters comprising differential encoder (DE) configuration, current bit error ratio (BER), chromatic dispersion (CD), polarization mode dispersion (PMD) and current channel optical signal to noise ratio (OSNR).   
     
     
         4 . The programmable photonic switch mode system ( 108 ) as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein at least one of:
 the plurality of user inputs ( 104 ) comprising one or more parameters, wherein the one or more parameters comprising at least one of bitrate, protection type, hardware redundancy, path diversity, types of incoming traffic, maximum allowed restoration time, user service requirements and required traffic SLAs;   the plurality of user inputs ( 104 ) comprises one or more traffic profile comprising at least one of end node details, type of service, start date, end date and time of service, maximum allowed service latency, bandwidth details, priority type and service level agreement of the user;   the plurality of user inputs ( 104 ) comprising bitrate, protection type, hardware redundancy, path diversity, types of incoming traffic, and maximum allowed restoration time;   the mode of operation corresponds to a collection of photonic and optical network wide-ranging feature sets values; and   the optical line system ( 122 ) comprising ROADM (reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer), wavelength selective switch (WSS), multiplexing demultiplexing unit (MDU), amplifiers, variable optical attenuator (VOA) and in-line amplifier (ILA) nodes.   
     
     
         5 . A method for providing real-time dynamic configurations at white box transponder ( 132 ) using a programmable photonic switch mode system ( 108 ), comprising:
 receiving, at the programmable photonic switch mode system ( 108 ), a plurality of user inputs ( 104 ), wherein the plurality of user inputs ( 104 ) is received from an orchestrator ( 102 );   receiving, at the programmable photonic switch mode system ( 108 ), real-time data from an optical line system ( 122 );   computing, at the programmable photonic switch mode system ( 108 ), a run time mode of operation; and   sending, at the programmable photonic switch mode system ( 108 ), the computed run time mode of operation to the white box transponder ( 132 ), for dynamically configuring the white box transponder ( 132 ).   
     
     
         6 . The method as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein the run time mode of operation are computed based on the plurality of user inputs ( 104 ), the real-time data from the optical line system ( 122 ), a complete path computation information, and a network dimensioning data with facilitation of a programmable photonic switch mode application ( 110 ) 
     
     
         7 . The method as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein the complete path computation information is received from a path computation engine ( 120 ), wherein the network dimensioning data is received from a network dimensioning application ( 114 ). 
     
     
         8 . The method as claimed in  claim 5 , further comprising:
 receiving, at the programmable photonic switch mode system ( 108 ), a real-time frequency, power, modulation (fpm) configuration of the white box transponder ( 132 ) from at least one of: the white box transponder ( 132 ) or from a database storing fpm configuration data of the white box transponder ( 132 ).   wherein the computed mode of operation is configured to dynamically tune the white box transponder ( 132 ), based on the received real-time fpm configuration of the white box transponder ( 132 ).   
     
     
         9 . The method as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein the plurality of user inputs ( 104 ) comprising at least one of:
 one or more parameters, wherein the one or more parameters comprising at least one of: bitrate, protection type, hardware redundancy, path diversity, types of incoming traffic, maximum allowed restoration time, user service requirements and required traffic SLAs,   one or more traffic profile comprising at least one of: end node details, type of service, start date, end date and time of service, maximum allowed service latency, bandwidth details, priority type and service level agreement of the user, bitrate, protection type, hardware redundancy, path diversity, types of incoming traffic, and maximum allowed restoration time.   
     
     
         10 . The method as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein at least one of:
 the run-time mode of operation corresponds to a collection of photonic and optical network wide-ranging feature sets values,   the network dimensioning data corresponds to link design, BW planning, Lambda planning,   the optical line system ( 122 ) comprising ROADM (reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer) ( 134 ,  136 ), wavelength selective switch (WSS), multiplexing demultiplexing unit (MDU), amplifiers, variable optical attenuator (VOA) and in-line amplifier (ILA) nodes.   
     
     
         11 . The method as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein the method performs switching of the mode of operation during run-time, based on change in at least one of:
 the plurality of user inputs ( 104 ), the real-time data from the optical line system ( 122 ), the complete path computation information, the network dimensioning data, and fpm configuration of the white box transponder ( 132 ).   
     
     
         12 . The method as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein the white box transponder ( 132 ) is auto-tuned with one or more device parameters, wherein the one or more device parameters comprising channel bandwidth, channel spacing, channel lambda information, channel modulation, channel power, and forward error correction (FEC) configuration, wherein the one or more device parameters comprising differential encoder (DE) configuration, current bit error ratio (BER), chromatic dispersion (CD), polarization mode dispersion (PMD) and current channel optical signal to noise ratio (OSNR). 
     
     
         13 . The method as claimed in  claim 5 , further comprising:
 providing a plurality of read only (RO) optical parameters with toggling range from to a QoTd script running at the transponder ( 132 ),   wherein the QoTd script enables dynamic configuration of the white box transponder ( 132 ) and the optical network feature set as per the plurality of read only (RO) optical parameters.